Serious: Knights of the Spork Pirates: The truth of the hollow tree. (CLOSED)

"A thousand thank you''s from us I ensure!" Tamako said, bowing deeply towards them as they sent for food for them. She wondered what kinds of fruit grew on the trees around them. The flowers were beautiful. She admired one in particular, for it was bright red with larger petals on top that bent over and created a shade over the smaller ones. On their back were several small, white dots.

Genshi's smile grew larger as he saw the food they were being given. Surely this food would be able to last until they reach the next island. Perhaps longer.

"Thanks a lot. I should give you something to remember us by." He said, forming a ball of clay in his hands and beginning to mold it in a specific shape.

After a few minutes of toiling, he eventually had a small, clay figurine of himself. He walked over to the Chief and placed it in his hands, smile still painted across his face.

Stepping out from the tree he gasped in amazment. No wonder it wasa taking those guys so long to come back down. This city was an architectural amazment. It was literally a tree house city. But what about food Bakura was still not satisfied with the abysmal food he had cosumed not long ago and with journey a head of him he would need all kinds of supplies. Closing trunk he looked around no body was near buy so he decided to walk towards the noise of people untill he could find someone to assist him.

Even though he was a weaponsmith he to took note of the works of others. His hands carefully traced the binds that bounded the bridges togethers. It was clear that they had used the very branches that held their city up. But what method did they use to turn wood of that poor quality into somthing so strong?

As Serimen brought the two baskets of fruits, bread, rice and other things the king took Genshi's clay figurine. He smiled at it and nodded.

"Thank you." -he placed it in a table that was at the side of his throne.

Keeram handed one basket to Genshi. The chief and his wife spoke to each other and said:

"You can go now, thanks for visiting us."

Keeram nodded and said "lets go!" to his friends. As they walked out, the doors of the throne room closed behind them. There was no one to guide them now. Keeram kept walking, but at his left he saw a door half open. It showed a golden glow from the inside! Keeram looked at both sides, verifying there was no one to see them. He took a peek of the inside.

It was full of golden coins, goblets, cups, jewels, crowns and other things. Keeram's eyes widened and couldnt believe themselves.

Genshi took the basket and followed Keeram out of the room. He stopped however when he noticed his captain looking into an unopened door.

"must be something interesting." he thought to himself, grabbing a piece of fruit from the basket, a pear, and took a bite out of it.

"What is it, Keeram? What's in that room?" he whispered, putting the pear into his mouth and getting a peek at the room.

Genshi saw the treasures and his jaw dropped, dropping his pear on the ground. He had never seen so much gold in one room. Genshi believed that since it wasn't theirs, they should leave it as it was. But, then he remembered that he's a pirate. Pirates take what they please and never apologize, unless they get caught of course.

"Let's take some. There's so much, I doubt they'd miss a few hundred coins, goblets and crowns." he said to Keeram.

Keeram looked at Genshi and nodded, he sneaked into the rooms. He started to pick up crowns, goblets and golden coins and put them in the basket along with the fruit. Also he took his backpack that was in his back and started to fill it with golden tiaras made of gold that had emeralds incrusted, golbets of gold and silver with rubies and saphires, they also found a few big diamonds. he tried to take everything he could, and when he was ready, his bag and the basket were very heavy... good thing he was strong.

"Genshi..." -he whispered. -"Let's hurry up and get out of here..."

Genshi was stuffing gold coins into his pockets. The pockets of his pants, the pockets of his flannel shirt. He soon made a large basket of clay, and began filling it with the treasures of the room.

"I think that would be most wise." he said, putting a few more coins into his gloves.

Once he began walking, loud chingaching noises began coming out of him.

"We should run." he said, doing so. The chingaching noises emanating from every part of his body.

"yes! We should!" -he whispered and started to walk out of the room, as he walked there was this ringing noise from the coins in his bag, Genshi was making the same sound as well. When they were almost in the entrance hall, two guards came running from the inside and shouted to all the people in the area:

"STOP THOSE TWO! They're taking the palace's treasures!!!" -they screamed in unison.

Keeram looked at Genshi as his eyes widened.

"RUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!"- he told him as he started to ran trying to keep all the coins in it's place in the basket.

Genshi began running as fast as he could, with all the extra weight made by the gold, made him look ridiculous. He continued his run until he got an idea. Once outside, and on one of the rope bridges, he aimed one of his arms downwards and began releasing a large amount of clay. Once he felt his clay extension hit the ground, he extended his other arm towards Keeram.

"Come on, we gotta go now." announced Genshi, waiting for Keeram to take his hand.

Keeram looked to all the places he could at the same time to think out a plan, but Genshi did it first. He followed him as all the guards ran after him.

[Bakura]

At the same time some guards around town got word and saw this weird but good looking guy climbing up the city, it could be one of the pirates so they started to pursue him.

"Stop right there! We'll kill you for stealing the Kingdom's treasures!"

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Keeram saw Genshi extend his hand to him and took him. waiting for Genshi to jump or something of that style.

Genshi, pulling Keeram over his shoulder, umped onto the clay extension.

"Going down. And away from these guards." he said, receding the clay back into his arm, and lowering the two in the process.

Genshi looked up to see the treetop paradise once more. Once they reached the ground, Genshi put Keeram down and began walking to the ship.

"No need to run now, right?" he asked

Looking blankly at the guy Bakura looks around not seeing anyone else he takes his weapon off his back and fans himself with it. "Silence you fools, don't you have any manners you won't speak to someone of my pedigree like that." Peeking up from the fan for a momment he pouts and ask the guard for a bag of provisions. Telling him it would be a wonderful oppurtunity seeing that they would get to pay for him.

And that's what Keeram thought as well, until the villager in the trees took bows and arrows from their backs and pointed them at Genshi and Keeram.

"OH MY GOD!!! RUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"-Keeram screamed grabbing Genshi by the collar and pulling him, saving him from an arrow shot, they started to run in direction to the coast where their ship was. In the way he saw up in the tree the guy called Bakura.

"HEEEEYYY!!!! -he screamed to him. -"Come down! They're going to attack you, we have to leave the island! Come with us!"

Keeram was worried because all the villagers with bows were running towards the place where Bakura was to try and shoot Keeram and Genshi, probably would try to shoot Bakura as well.

Shocked that the guy called he hesitated for a momment. Bakura could fight off a few of these guys, maybe but for how long. He still had not eaten much and these guys were hostile towards him for some unknown reason. And as long as they saw him as the the enemy food of any other adventure wasnt likely here on this island. A momment of humanity sunk in with Bakura as he responded while block an attack with face of his fan. Smiling he said "Sure i guess you can assist me." Well this wasn't perfect but it was sinsear after all it was hard for Bakura to talk to people like equals. But it wouldnt be a problem when he learned where Keeram came from.

"Ill be right there" Pushing off the his opponent he makes a run for it running along side Genshi and Keeram.

Genshi was jerked forward, avoiding the arrow that nearly got his arm. Keeram had saved him again. But this wasn't the time, right now, they needed to escape, and all the heavy gold they were carrying helped in no way. Genshi stopped and put down some of the gild. Using his free hand, he drew one of his swords and took aim, then swinging his sword at full strength, Genshi launched a blue wave at some of the archers. The wave knocked some of them over, but the arrows were still flying, albeit less acuratly. Picking up the gold again, Genshi continued his dash.

"I tried." He said

"Good work Genshi!" -Keeram said. It was good that Bakura was coming with them, he could be of real help: more people meant they would be more secure in the grandline.

The ships were too tall for Bakura to jump down, he needed to either find his way down a tree or Genshi would have to make some clay stairs... that would be a great idea.

"Genshi! Make some clay stairs for Bakura to come down. And start dissapearing them or trapping the villagers behind him." -Keeram had just made up that plan.

"Aye aye captain, you'll have to wait though." Said Genshi, dropping all of his gold.

He turned around and looked straight up, towards the trees. Holding his arms in front of him, he began focusing his clay, imagining a set of stairs. With that thought, clay erupted from his arms, heading for the treetop kingdom. Genshi could feel the clay getting to the top. The villagers would nost likely chase Bakura, but Genshi had planned for that. Gagging a bit, he began shooting clay from his mouth, aiming for the archers and other villagers. He began building a clay wall, covered in spikes from his mouth clay.

"Huwwy bwo, it'th hawd to bweath." He said, his mouth full of clay.

Distracted by the dropped bag of gold Bakura guard was down and easy shot. If he had not been carrying his weapon the shot probly would have been bounced off his fan. "IS THAT WHY THEY'RE CHASING ME!" Thats when the arrow hit his left deltoid. Yelling out in pain he switched the Bunta Gumbai to his other arm. Normally he would have gotten down the tree on his own accord. But it was time to put his ego a side and rush to the stairs not pausing to check if they were dense enough.

Goody, he was coming down. Genshi bit down on the clay in his mouth and spit it out. His breathing returned and hopefully the wall would stay up, but they were far from safe, as Bakura was still descending.

"Hurry up, we have to get out of here. Also, help carry this gold would ya?" He shouted.

Apparently, asking Bakura to help seemed to anger the villagers even more. Or was it mentioning the gold that angered them? No matter, they just needed to escape.

Keeram was really concerned about how things would go out. At last Bakura was down with them, good.

"LETS RUN GUYS!!!" -Keeram screamed as he run through the forest, the space between the trees was getting smaller and they could see the ocean and his ship in the distance.

Keeram ran taking the fruits, meat, bread and gold and jumping to the deck of his ship, he put the stuff down and stayed there waiting for the other to help them come up since they were full of gold.

"Come up!"

Bakura jumps down putting his weapon on his back. He runs along the coast line seemingly away from the others. Not long later he comes speeding around the coast line in a unsteady fashion. It was clear he would not be able to manage its control for long given the state of his shoulder. He climbed out attaching the waver to the ship the best he could. And got on the boat.

Genshi disconected the clay from his arms and grabbed the gold. He began running to the ship with every ounce of energy he had. Once close enough. He threw all the gold onto the ship, then jumped aboard, landing face first.

"Let's go already." His muffled voice said

Keeram waited for his friends to get in the ship and pulled up the anchor, he put the sails down and started to sail towards the next island. It was good taht they weere able to leave, and with a great amount of treasure.

"Men! We have succesfully completed a mission. The mission of getting us money to buy a new ship." -Keeram smiled at Genshi and Bakura.-"Bakura... I was wondering if you would want to join my crew?"

Keeram smiled at the man.

After all they had just put him through the only way repay them was to stay. If the money was indeed for a new ship then living arrangements would soon be satisfiying.

"I suppose traveling with others wouldn't be a bad thing, sure why not."

Keeram smiled at Bakura. They had a new friend in the ship, someone who would sure help them in their travels through the grandline, getting treasures. All of this was awesome, they would need to buy a new ship soon tho.

"Alright, we dont know how much time will we have to sail for, but let's keep up the good mood." -Keeram said. -"We have plenty of food for us."

Keeram then took the sail... he thought about somethiing, they would need to get someone that sailed the boat soon.